Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "meeting", "rescue"

1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.

Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali

Votes: 670,660 | Gross: $190.24M

2. Toy Story (1995)

G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.

Director: John Lasseter | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney

Votes: 1,067,863 | Gross: $191.80M

3. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

PG | 98 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.

Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson

Votes: 800,080 | Gross: $217.58M

4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy

Votes: 598,752 | Gross: $295.98M

5. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman

Votes: 330,666 | Gross: $45.51M

6. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,175 | Gross: $14.38M

7. Captain Phillips (2013)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener

Votes: 492,339 | Gross: $107.10M

8. Super 8 (2011)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Elle Fanning, AJ Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney

Votes: 367,411 | Gross: $127.00M

9. The Jungle Book (1967)

G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, Bruce Reitherman

Votes: 198,536 | Gross: $141.84M

10. The Boss Baby (2017)

PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co.

Director: Tom McGrath | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow

Votes: 141,106 | Gross: $175.00M

11. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.

Director: David Wain | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau

Votes: 60,495 | Gross: $0.29M

12. The Witches (1990)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson

Votes: 54,631 | Gross: $10.36M

13. Lady and the Tramp (1955)

G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting | Stars: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson

Votes: 148,359 | Gross: $93.60M

14. The Woman in Red (1984)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

On his way to work, Teddy spots Charlotte, an incredibly beautiful Woman in Red. He really wants to meet her, but what would his wife say?

Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Kelly LeBrock, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna

Votes: 17,340 | Gross: $25.31M

15. The Commuter (I) (2018)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

An insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks

Votes: 125,330 | Gross: $36.34M

16. Charlotte's Web (1973)

G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Wilbur is a farm pig who's terrified that he'll end up on the dinner table. His friend Charlotte, a charming spider, comes to his rescue. She weaves words into her web, convincing the farmer that Wilbur is too special a pig to kill.

Directors: Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, Rex Allen

Votes: 22,710 | Gross: $5.23M

17. Cherry Falls (1999)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In the small town of Cherry Falls, a psychotic murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.

Director: Geoffrey Wright | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn, Jesse Bradford

Votes: 14,755

18. Passenger 57 (1992)

R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore, Alex Datcher

Votes: 50,692 | Gross: $44.07M

19. Firewall (2006)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom.

Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen, Paul Bettany, Carly Schroeder

Votes: 59,611 | Gross: $48.75M

20. The Swarm (1978)

PG | 116 min | Horror, Thriller

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.

Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain

Votes: 8,551 | Gross: $10.00M

21. Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)

G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Care Bears try to help a young girl at summer camp who, in an effort to revamp her dorky social status to agility and skill, enters into a sinister bargain with a shape-shifting demon posing as a young boy.

Director: Dale Schott | Stars: Maxine Miller, Pam Hyatt, Hadley Kay, Chris Wiggins

Votes: 2,499 | Gross: $8.54M

22. Welcome to the Jungle (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.

Director: Rob Meltzer | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Megan Boone

Votes: 14,037

23. Singh Is King (2008)

Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the King of the Australian underworld.

Director: Anees Bazmee | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Kirron Kher

Votes: 16,444

24. 2.0 (2018)

Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After mobiles start mysteriously flying out of the hands of people in Chennai, Dr Vaseegaran summons his trusted robot Chitti to ward off the bird-shaped supernatural powers of Pakshirajan.

Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Adil Hussain

Votes: 27,057 | Gross: $5.57M

25. Dante's Inferno (1935)

Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance

Jim Carter moves in on the McWade's carnival concession which shows scenes from Dante's "Inferno". He makes it a going concern, marrying Betty along the way. An inspector calls the ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 916

26. Survive Style 5+ (2004)

120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

Director: Gen Sekiguchi | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyôko Koizumi, Hiroshi Abe

Votes: 10,141

27. Amazon Obhijaan (2017)

Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Adventure

Shankar, an adventurer, teams up with Anna Florian and her father to travel a thousand miles and fight off every danger to reach the mythical city of El Dorado.

Director: Kamaleswar Mukherjee | Stars: Dev, David James, Svetlana Gulakova, Laboni Sarkar

Votes: 1,624

28. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)

93 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy.

Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Vlastimil Brodský

Votes: 1,470

29. Vishwaroopam 2 (2018)

Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Thriller

RAW agent Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri prevents an al-Qaida terrorist from executing a massive attack on New York. He must now wade through further traps and conspiracies to thwart a new plot against three democratic nations.

Director: Kamal Haasan | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Rahul Bose, Shekhar Kapur, Pooja Kumar

Votes: 2,845

30. Hukumat (1987)

130 min | Action, Drama

A tough cop is posted to a small town where an evil businessman reigns like a tyrant. When the cop recognizes the businessman as his father's murderer, it becomes personal.

Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Dharmendra, Rati Agnihotri, Shammi Kapoor, Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Votes: 183

31. The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)

Approved | 300 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the Prologue, pirates hide a treasure on an island off the Mexican coast. And the pirates, the map and the treasure disappear in a volcanic eruption. The legend of the island draws ... See full summary »

Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Don Terry, Gwen Gaze, Walter Miller, Grant Withers

Votes: 226

32. The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (1983 TV Movie)

TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

After a young boy becomes upset about moving and runs away, the Care Bears must rescue him from the clutches of the evil Professor Coldheart.

Director: Pino Van Lamsweerde | Stars: Anna MacCormack, Rick Jones, Abby Hagyard, Les Lye

Votes: 420

33. The Girl in the Sun (2013)

128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then Mao was bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.

Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Masaki Suda, Tôko Miura, Tetsuji Tamayama

Votes: 1,023

34. Aatank (1996)

113 min | Action, Thriller

Jesu and Peter are childhood friends who live in a coastal village in India and depend on fishing as their livelihood. The community is oppressed by a powerful gangster named Alphonso. Jesu... See full summary »

Directors: Prem Lalwani, Desh Mukherjee | Stars: Nafisa Ali, Ranjeet Bedi, Dharmendra, Girish Karnad

Votes: 127

35. Indrudu Chandrudu (1989)

Not Rated | 158 min | Comedy, Drama

A corrupt mayor decides to live honest life.

Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Vijayshanti, Charan Raj, Narayana P.L.

Votes: 374

36. Running from the Guns (1987)

87 min | Adventure, Crime

Pete and Dave accidentally pick up a container belonging to a gang of criminals at the dock. Returning the merchandise is easier said than done.

Director: John Dixon | Stars: Jon Blake, Mark Hembrow, Nikki Coghill, Terence Donovan

Votes: 71

37. Agapi kai thyella (1961)

83 min | Drama, Romance

To meet his young correspondent, a sergeant and his brother-in-arms arrive in Athens. In the next five days, an irresistible attraction between her and the taciturn friend will lead to a fervid romance. Can the two comrades remain friends?

Director: Sokrates Kapsaskis | Stars: Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Stefanos Linaios, Martha Vourtsi, Giannis Fertis

Votes: 33

38. Jigar (1998)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

After young Konkan-based Vithoba Pawaskar fails in the 7th standard for the 3rd time, his father, Sripad, kicks him out, and he, with the assistance of Krishna Parkar, re-locates to Mumbai,... See full summary »

Director: Kumar Sohoni | Stars: Laxmikant Berde, Ravindra Berde, Sakharam Bhave, Abhijit Bhogle

Votes: 225

39. Major Dron and the Plague Doctor (2021)

62 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A vengeful beer plague doctor named PivonEsco commits a series of brutal murders. To understand this difficult story is entrusted to Major Dron, for whom this business is also of a personal nature.

Directors: Sergey A., Sergey Newnoir, Ivan Shakhov, Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Sergey Newnoir, Goodslof, Sergey A., Mykola Yeriomin

Votes: 1,055

40. His Family Tree (1935)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy

When his son doesn't respond to his many letters, Patrick Murphy decides to leave Ireland and visit his son in America. But upon arriving in Center City Patrick discovers that his son, who ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: James Barton, Margaret Callahan, Jack Randall, Maureen Delaney

Votes: 83

41. Cloudy Horizons (1968)

88 min | Drama

To settle her affairs, a kind woman arrives in Athens, only to realise that the administrator of her late father's truck company is scheming to rob her of her lorry. Will the firm's newest driver manage to help her out of the tight spot?

Director: Michalis Papanikolaou | Stars: Martha Vourtsi, Alekos Alexandrakis, Stefanos Stratigos, Mimis Fotopoulos

Votes: 18

42. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode: The Fall of Night (1995)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The command staff are caught between a rock and a hard place when Sheridan agrees to give sanctuary to a Narn warship, while EarthForce attempts to placate the increasingly aggressive Centauri Republic.

Director: Janet Greek | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan

Votes: 881

43. Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003–2004)
Episode: General Deception: Part I (2003)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

As Tori drives the boys to their two-day camping trip, two of Lothor's officers decide to make themselves look better by making Zurgane look worse.

Director: Wayne Rose | Stars: Pua Magasiva, Sally Martin, Glenn McMillan, Adam Tuominen

Votes: 62

44. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Space Brain (1976)

TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Alien glyphs appear on all of Alpha's screens. Koenig sends an Eagle to investigate. The Eagle is lost and the pilot is taken over by a huge, alien 'Space Brain', using him as a channel to ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Shane Rimmer

Votes: 282

45. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: The High Ground (1990)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While visiting a planet under civil war, Dr. Crusher is taken hostage by an opposing faction of the planet's ruling government.

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,331

46. The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022)
Episode: Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm (2022)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the past, Boba Fett finds Fennec Shand wounded and unconscious in the desert. He saves her life and their partnership begins. Jumping forward, they have to deal with the treacherous Pyke clan.

Director: Kevin Tancharoen | Stars: Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen, Thundercat, Matt Berry

Votes: 15,988

47. Sanitka II (2013– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2013)

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Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Jirí Dvorák, Jaromír Hanzlík, Dagmar Havlová, Zlata Adamovská

48. Downtown Precinct (2011–2015)
Episode: Episode #3.5 (2014)

Action, Crime

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Director: Amir Mann | Stars: Amos Tamam, Efrat Dor, Moris Cohen, Meirav Shirom

49. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode: Choose Your Pain (2017)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While on a mission, Lorca is captured by the Klingons and unexpectedly finds himself in the company of prisoner of war Starfleet Lieutenant Ash Tyler and notorious criminal Harry Mudd.

Director: Lee Rose | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp

Votes: 5,665

50. A Cow, a Cat and the Ocean (2006)
Episode: Larmes de Crocodile (2006)

11 min | Animation, Family

Friendship comes in all sizes. When the Cow and the Cat arrive at a lush isle, they see two crocodiles trying to catch a poor antelope. One of them is her friend; the other is just hungry. Can they protect her from the beast's sharp teeth?

Director: Prakash Topsy | Stars: Laura Préjean, Donald Reignoux